Western travel album photograph collection, 1903-1906

Overview of the Collection

Title

Western travel album photograph collection

Dates

1903-1906 (inclusive)

19031906

Quantity

1 box, (1.0 linear ft.)

Collection Number

USU_P0129

Summary

One hundred and sixty silver gelatin developing-out
paper snapshots plus one printed item, 8 x 5.5 cm. to 12 x 16.5 cm. in size, probably
compiled by a couple that are only known by their initials, Y.W.B. and M.H.B. The album
documents the travels of Y.M.B. and M.H.B. and their friends in 1904 through the
Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta including Banff, Yoho, and Glacier
National Parks. Also included are photographs from the Garden of the Gods, Cripple
Creek, and Manitou Springs in Colorado, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming, boating in Massachusetts, and the St. Louis World's Fair of
1904. There are a few additional family snapshots dating from 1903 to 1906.

The Western Travel Album was probably compiled by a couple who are only known by their
initials, Y.W.B. and M.H.B., and consists of one hundred and sixty silver gelatin
developing-out paper snapshots plus one printed item, 8 x 5.5 cm. to 12 x 16.5 cm. in
size. The album documents the travels of Y.M.B. and M.H.B. and their friends in 1904
through the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta including Banff, Yoho, and
Glacier National Parks. Also included are photographs from the Garden of the Gods,
Cripple Creek, and Manitou Springs in Colorado, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming, boating in Massachusetts, and the St. Louis World's Fair of
1904. There are a few additional family snapshots dating from 1903 to 1906.

The captions (including misspellings) in quotation marks were taken directly from the
album. The notations in parenthesis are not part of the original caption.

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